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Curd

The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.

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Cheese 70% connected

The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Bonnyclabber noun · 78% connection

Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.

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Caseous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy.

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Clabber noun · 78% connection

raw milk that has soured and thickened

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Coagulation noun · 78% connection

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the…

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Cream noun · 78% connection

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…

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Creamery noun · 78% connection

A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.

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Dairy noun · 78% connection

The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.

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Eczema noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the disc…

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Eroded p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

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Fleetings n. pl. · 78% connection

A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds.

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Gruyere cheese unknown · 78% connection

A kind of cheese made at Gruyere, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Sch…

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